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Wednesday, 13 July 2016

Disbelievers are misled

Lesson # 1077 from
Holy Qur-’aan

Disbelievers are misled

Surah ‘TAWBAH or BARAAA-‘AH (REPENTANCE)–
Chapter – 9)

Stage – 2, Verse – 37 of 129, Section – 5 of
16 (Part – 10)

BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim

In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful

37. Postponement (of a sacred month) is only an
excess of disbelief whereby those who disbelieve are misled; they allow it
one year and forbid it (another) year, that they may make up the number of
the months which Allah hath hollowed, so that they allow that which Allah
hath forbidden. The evil of their deeds is made fair-seeming unto them. And
Allah guideth not the disbelieving folk.

Nasiii-‘un – it is an origin, which means “to postpone, to
recapture anything from its place”. Here; it aims, that tradition, which was
introduced by the influential chieftains of the Arab before Islam. That is to say;
they used to replace the forbidden month behind to the allowed month. For example,
the month of Muharram is a forbidden month, they used to postpone it at
the place of the next month i.e. Saffar, and used to say: in this year,
the month of Saffar will be considered as forbidden month instead of Muharram,
and the month of Muharram will be considered as “allowed”.

Yuwaati-‘uu – {(they) make up}, this word is from mu-waati-‘atun,
which has been derived from wat-‘un. Wat-‘un means “to make easy, to
mollify”. Mu-waati-‘atun means “ to make a thing corresponding to the
other”. Here; it aims “God Almighty had determined four months of a year “as
forbidden”. They kept their counting the same i.e. four months. But whenever
they wished, they used to replace them with one another, keeping the counting
of four forbidden months equal.

In the verse before this, God’s prescribed number of months was
described. There were four such months in the twelve, in which war, fighting or
quarrel was particularly forbidden. Those were called Haraam months i.e.
Rajab, Zi-qa’d, Zul-Hajjah and Muharram.

Sometimes, any great leader used to order: Fighting is allowed in this
year during the month of Muharram. In exchange, the month of Saffar
will be forbidden. Like this, forbidden months were changed from their routine
by saying of the chieftains. It meant that the idolaters fixed the command of
their leaders obligatory; instead of the command of God Almighty. It is
commanded in this verse: Postponement of the months from their routine is only
an excess; produced by the infidels and it is disobedience of the Commands of
Allah Almighty.

Transliterated
Holy Qur’an in Roman Script & Translated from
Arabic to English by Marmaduke Pickthall,
Published by PaakCompany, 17-Urdu Bazaar, Lahore, Lesson collected from Dars e Qur’aan published By Idara Islaah wa Tableegh, Lahore (translated Urdu to
English by Muhammad Sharif)